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Re:Google removes its head of diversity after 2007 blog post... by amadeuspagel on Thursday June 03, 2021 @12:54PM (#27384100)
> Definition of apartheid: "a rigid former policy of segregating and economically and politically oppressing the nonwhite population"

I find this a very curious definition. Why should the skin color of the oppressed population matter? Googling it returns this dictionary entry[1]:

> (in the Republic of South Africa) a rigid former policy of segregating and economically and politically oppressing the nonwhite population.

> any system or practice that separates people according to color, ethnicity, caste, etc.

So the definition you quoted only applies in the context of South Africa, in general apartheid refers to any system or practice that separates people according to color, ethnicity, caste, etc..

[1]: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/apartheid

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Re:Google removes its head of diversity after 2007 blog post... by rufus_foreman on Thursday June 03, 2021 @05:47PM (#27387791)
>> I find this a very curious definition

The word apartheid is an Afrikaans word (Afrikaans is a Germanic language spoken in South Africa) that was used as an election slogan by a South African political party that implemented complete segregation and racial classification in South Africa in the 1950s.

If you are not making a specific comparison to the former racial policies of South Africa, there are better words to use.

Although I know over time, meanings change, so that words like anti-Semitic, racist, fascist, etc. all just become synonyms for "bad" or "things I don't like".

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